Rod Earle is Senior Lecturer in Youth Justice in the Faculty of Health & Social Care at The Open University, UK. Prior to his academic career Rod worked as a printer in Norwich and as a youth justice social worker for the London Borough of Lambeth. In 1982 he served a three-month prison sentence in HMP Norwich.

"Great read about the Convict Criminology movement. This book demonstrates how intellectual ideas born in a cage now shake the ivory tower." Stephen C. Richards, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA "Earle wittily narrates the journey from convict to convict criminologist with an openness rarely seen in academia, enabling a full appreciation of the contribution to knowledge that can be made by 'convicts'." Bill Davies, Leeds Beckett University

• Preface ~ Andrew MillieForeword by Shadd MarunaA personal introductionBorn in the USA: Early Origins of Convict Criminology US Convict Criminology comes of ageEuropean origins, perspectives and experiences of Convict CriminologyIndelible Stains: Convict Criminology and Criminal Records Race, Class, Gender: Agitate, Educate, OrganiseMethodologies, Epistemologies, OntologiesConcluding with Convictions!References

Rod Earle is Senior Lecturer in Youth Justice in the Faculty of Health & Social Care at The Open University, UK. Prior to his academic career Rod worked as a printer in Norwich and as a youth justice social worker for the London Borough of Lambeth. In 1982 he served a three-month prison sentence in HMP Norwich.

"Great read about the Convict Criminology movement. This book demonstrates how intellectual ideas born in a cage now shake the ivory tower." Stephen C. Richards, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA "Earle wittily narrates the journey from convict to convict criminologist with an openness rarely seen in academia, enabling a full appreciation of the contribution to knowledge that can be made by 'convicts'." Bill Davies, Leeds Beckett University

• Preface ~ Andrew MillieForeword by Shadd MarunaA personal introductionBorn in the USA: Early Origins of Convict Criminology US Convict Criminology comes of ageEuropean origins, perspectives and experiences of Convict CriminologyIndelible Stains: Convict Criminology and Criminal Records Race, Class, Gender: Agitate, Educate, OrganiseMethodologies, Epistemologies, OntologiesConcluding with Convictions!References

Rod Earle is Senior Lecturer in Youth Justice in the Faculty of Health & Social Care at The Open University, UK. Prior to his academic career Rod worked as a printer in Norwich and as a youth justice social worker for the London Borough of Lambeth. In 1982 he served a three-month prison sentence in HMP Norwich.

"Great read about the Convict Criminology movement. This book demonstrates how intellectual ideas born in a cage now shake the ivory tower." Stephen C. Richards, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA "Earle wittily narrates the journey from convict to convict criminologist with an openness rarely seen in academia, enabling a full appreciation of the contribution to knowledge that can be made by 'convicts'." Bill Davies, Leeds Beckett University

• Preface ~ Andrew MillieForeword by Shadd MarunaA personal introductionBorn in the USA: Early Origins of Convict Criminology US Convict Criminology comes of ageEuropean origins, perspectives and experiences of Convict CriminologyIndelible Stains: Convict Criminology and Criminal Records Race, Class, Gender: Agitate, Educate, OrganiseMethodologies, Epistemologies, OntologiesConcluding with Convictions!References